Be Careful

Do you like this flower? Do you think it's pretty?

This flower is blooming off of a plant that is growing out of the crack in the curb near my driveway and the rest of the plant looks like this!

Yikes!! This plant is pokey and has sharp points all over it that will hurt you!

This reminds me of some people we meet.  They may be attractive or have some admirable qualities but then as you get to know them you realize you are in an affair with a sticker bush!  Be careful.  

"The Lord does not look at the things people look at.  People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." ! Samuel 16:7 NLT

God Cares About Your Little Lost Dog

Oh how amazing the Lord is and how He can do the impossible- including returning your lost dog!

I was at church on Sunday and my husband and I ran into our friend Jim in the Fellowship Hall.  Jim lives right outside of our neighborhood.  We asked how he did with the storm the previous night and he told us that a little cute pug dog showed up on his neighbor's porch and they didn't know who he belonged to.  We didn't think very much of it and went along with our morning.

On the way home from church I was looking up on my neighborhood's Facebook page and trying to find out the hours for the pool.  Low and behold I stumbled upon this picture concerning a lost dog!

Could it be the dog that showed up on Jim's neighbor's porch? I texted Jim and he sent this--

 I couldn't believe it- It was the SAME DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was able to let the gal know and they went to get the dog.  Only God! He is the One that orchestrates our circumstances and our conversations.  Nothing in life is random.  Every exchange has a purpose.  Be attentive to your surroundings, the people that the Lord wants you to connect with and what they are saying to you.  No conversation is insignificant.  You never know when it could lead a lost dog home!! 😃

"Ah, Lord God! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm.  There is nothing too hard for you." Jeremiah 32:17

Blessings on your day! 

Angela

A God of the Impossible!!

I am in awe at how amazing the Lord is in my life!!

So we had a dinner party here at our home this past Saturday and invited a few couples from church that we wanted to get to know better.  I was preparing for the evening last week and getting the table ready.  I have a favorite spring placemat set that I got 15 years ago when I was living in my first townhouse.  I still LOVE the pattern on it but the only problem is that I only had six of them.  Our dining room table used to be smaller- now we have a table that seats 8.  I thought, "Oh, how nice it would be to go to the store and pick up just 2 more of these placemats so the table would look complete" but of course with it being 15 years ago, there is no chance it is going to be sitting on the shelf at the store anymore.  Likely the pattern has been long discontinued...

But then the Lord dropped it into my mind to check on Ebay.  So I typed in "Liz Claiborne placemats"and to my astonishment, there were 3 Liz Claiborne placemats sets available and my beloved pattern was one of them!!!!!!!!!!!!  I couldn't believe my eyes!!  And to make it even more overwhelming..I looked at the name of the pattern and can you believe it was: ANGELA.  No way!!! And the set came with 8 placemats PLUS a runner!!!!!!! 😲

I believe this was a miracle of the Lord and it shows me how much God cares for me and the little things in my life.  It bolsters my faith knowing that if He cares enough about the placemats at my dining room table He mosts certainly cares deeply for the people sitting around my table and all the more important things in my life!

God can do anything He wants to in our lives.  He can create something new out of nothing.  So don't be discouraged if something is missing in your life, broken or not complete.  God can provide!

"With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible" Matthew 19:26

Blessings on your day!

Angela